The Year of the Wii Lightgun Shooter continues with a Resident Evil entry that is two-thirds fun retro, never scary yet surprisingly generous. Too bad it makes a poor first impression. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is a follow-up to 2007’s Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Both Wii games are lightgun takes on gaming’s most…
Less than a day after the game’s existence was leaked, EA confirmed that a new Mercenaries is in development. The publisher announced the title as the next release from Pandemic, the studio that was all but shut down last week. The new game is in development at EALA, the studio where a core group of…
I think I can tell when ad people are joking. I tested that skill recently at an in-game advertising event. The people from Take Two saying a BioShock Big Daddy would be a great pitchman for Black and Decker? Joking. The Ubisoft guy who preceded them? Maybe joking. He was talking about smashing people into…
Once a year, we must all shake our heads and wonder if/when Donkey Kong will be featured in his very own game again. Maybe even a good one? Talk about that and other gaming stuff in TAY. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
Video game developers can be the new astronauts, a beacon that inspires schoolchildren to love learning science and math, the head advocate for the gaming industry in the U.S., told Kotaku today, as he described President Obama’s breakthrough education announcement. “LittleBigPlanet” being mentioned in the same sentence as “Barack Obama” — and of video games…
Are you struggling to grab that ice flower? Is Luigi slowing you down? Need a new strategy for New Super Mario Bros. Wii? One man and his wife discovered a breakthrough: Play the game like it’s their marriage. Fresno Bee writer Mike Osegueda reports that he and his wife initially were having a frustrating time…
If you followed the rules, you just finished the Modern Warfare 2 campaign this weekend and are here to discuss it in our Game Club finale. Thoughts on the ending? Thoughts on the next game for Game Club? We’re discussing the last three levels of Modern Warfare 2 today. -The Enemy Of My Enemy (Planes!)…
The White House is announcing today a program to improve science and math education with a variety of Entertainment Software Association-backed initiatives including a program to put LittleBigPlanet in libraries as well as a $300,000 game design challenge. President Barack Obama announced the overarching directive that the gaming plans are part of at a White…
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Today’s Notebook Dump is different. I usually use the Notebook Dump as a place to tell readers about facts I’ve picked up that don’t merit their own posts. Today, however, it’s more relevant to talk about why I don’t have as much to share this week. A game reporter spends some weeks… distracted. This week…
We reviewed a bunch of games this week on Kotaku and dare I note that the sequels had a better batting average than the originals? EyePet Review: His Master’s Voice In which Luke Plunkett’s furniture and lighting fail to meet Sony standards. Command & Conquer: Red Alert Micro-Review: Palm-Size Power Trip In which freelancer Matt…
The Spike TV Video Game Awards will once again double as as an autumnal E3 as new games are revealed, new trailers unveiled. Halo: Reach is coming. As is whatever this game is, teased first on Kotaku in video below. Click to view Thoughts? Theories? Is it Ken Levine’s new game? Is it BioShock 3?…
Outer space and betrayal are a part of the fourth (of five) Game Club meetings about the Modern Warfare 2 campaign. Thoughts on the penultimate batch of levels? We’re covering: -Second Sun (Goodbye, space station) -Whiskey Hotel (Goodbye, Oval Office – almost!) -Loose Ends (Goodbye Ramirez Roach and Ghost) Those of you who didn’t exactly…
I’m sure opera, movies and cave paintings are fine forms of entertainment, but can any of them derive fun from such a mundane activity as directing traffic? After a several weeks of inactivity, the Art Style series has returned to North America’s DSiWare shop with Digidrive, an abstract puzzle game about directing traffic that can…
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We’ve been writing about Final Fantasy this week, so how about we study how people used to write about this huge franchise. Like back in 1990, when the first game was coming to America. How did people/Nintendo explain it? You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (sort of) journey back to yesteryear. I direct you to the…
Pick your selling point for the next Final Fantasy on Wii: (Primarily) single-player with a deep story? Sort of is 75% mini-games? Can lift cow and use udders over character’s head to shoot enemies? The last notable game of 2009? I was introduced to Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers last week, discovering quickly…
This time you’re Lynch, and you’ve got online co-op. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days recently made the transition from rumored software to announced product, but details about the game have remained scarce, even on the game’s official site. I found some, however, on an assets disc I recently received from Square Enix, and they…
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Just two gaming comics hit shops in the U.S. this week, including the final all-faction World of Warcraft comic. In January, Wildstorm will start publishing Alliance and Horde WoW comics. I wonder which will be more popular. (Click each thumbnail for more information.) Sonic Universe #10 Written by Ian Flynn. Drawn by Tracy Yardley. Summary…
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